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Explosion at Dutch largest party HQ confirmed by police
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An explosion damaged the headquarters of the Netherlands’ largest parliamentary party, D66, Thursday evening, police reported, noting that no one was injured.

Police said a suspect had been ​arrested following the explosion, which ​happened at the party office in the ⁠centre of The Hague shortly ​after 9 p.m. local time (1900 GMT), News.Az reports, citing Reuters.

Dutch Prime ​Minister Rob Jetten, who is also the leader of D66, said a bomb made of ​fireworks had been thrown through the ​letterbox in the frontdoor of the building in ‌what ⁠he described as "a cowardly act of intimidation."

The centrist, pro-EU D66 party last year won the election in the Netherlands in ​a surprise ​victory ⁠over the far right Freedom Party led by nationalist Geert ​Wilders.

Its head office was also ​damaged ⁠during an anti-immigration protest last year, when protesters smashed the windows of the ⁠party ​seen by many on ​the far right as serving a progressive elite.


News.Az 

By Ulviyya Salmanli

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